Correcting the Green Tint from Mercury Lamps (PowerShot ELPH 530 HS, 320 HS / IXUS 510 HS, 240 HS)
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Date published: 05/13/2015 |
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Date last updated: 08/15/2015 |
Description
Correcting the Green Tint from Mercury Lamps (PowerShot ELPH 530 HS, 320 HS / IXUS 510 HS, 240 HS)
Solution
| Correcting the Green Tint from Mercury Lamps (PowerShot ELPH 530 HS, 320 HS / IXUS 510 HS, 240 HS) ID
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| Solution |
When shooting scenes lit by mercury lamps, such as night scenes, the subject and background in the recorded image may have a green tint. You can automatically correct the green tint when shooting (Multi-area White Balance).
IMPORTANT
- To make the settings for [Hg Lamp Corr.], it is necessary for the shooting mode to be set to [AUTO] (
 ).
1. Press the
2. Touch [FUNC.] (
 ), and then touch [MENU] (
 ).
3. The following screen appears.
 Touch the [Shooting] (
 ) tab.
 Drag up or down the screen to choose [Hg Lamp Corr.].
 Touch (
 ) or (
 ) to choose [On].
 Touching (
 ) restores the settings screen.
4. Once set, (
 ) will appear on the screen.
If (
) does not appear, press the <
 > button a few times to get it to appear.
NOTE
- After shooting scenes lit by mercury lamps, you should set [Hg Lamp Corr.] to [Off]. If left set to [On], naturally occurring green colors (not from the effects of a mercury lamp) may be accidentally corrected.
- Movies cannot be corrected.
- Since you may not achieve the expected results depending on the shooting conditions, try taking some test shots first.
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